Difficult conversations: People’s right to privacy vs home sensors

The world of care has changed. Sensors monitor people in their own homes, care services are trialing the use of robots and AI to plug workforce gaps, and technology has the opportunity to improve choice and control or to remove personal autonomy.  Join our webinar when we will discuss the difficult conversations we need to have about privacy and sensors.

Overview

This webinar looks at:

  • No “right or wrong”— only the right questions. Instead of debating sides, highlight uncertainties, fears, and practical realities. Some people are much more privacy-conscious and don’t want to feel surveilled in their own home, others like the security of knowing they have remote support.
  • Lived-experience perspectives.
  • Tech and risk perspectives.
  • A technologist or digital care expert explaining how monitoring can be avoided, alternatives to CCTV, and what “least intrusive” tech looks like.
  • Ethical considerations.

Whose decision is it?

  • What does meaningful transparency look like?
  • How do we include those who lack capacity in these decisions?
  • What if someone refuses sensor technology where this is a standard part of care delivery?

Intended outcome

Participants leave with a sharper set of questions, a sense of trade-offs, and a real understanding of why different groups feel the way they do.

Who should attend

  • Registered managers
  • Responsible individuals and owners
  • IT leads and operations managers
  • Anyone responsible for data, risk or compliance within a care organisation.

Related webinars

This webinar is one of three sessions on ‘difficult conversations’ – which is our Digital Care in Focus theme for March 2026. Book other webinars here:

Difficult conversations: consent: what does, “agreeing to tech” really mean? – Digital Care Hub

Difficult conversations: Robots vs carers: replacing in-person care workers with tech – Digital Care Hub

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